LATEST BLOG — Parlee Z1

The Backstory The world has known Parlee as the leader in custom carbon bike production since the day Tyler Hamilton rebadged his custom Parlee carbon frameset to seem like a Look in the 2002 Giro D'Italia and Tour de France. I remember thinking: that Parlee must be god damn incredible. Flash forward nearly 20 years, and I finally have a Parlee to call my own, a Parlee Z1 carbon frameset painted in metallic pink by the high-tech Massachusets workshop. Who is Parlee? Well, they are named after Bob Parlee, a man who has risen from carbon innovator to industry stalwart, just recently racking up another...

From very humble origins Parlee have risen to producing some of the finest road and TT bikes around, from their stock Z5 and Z5SL to their gorgeous full-custom Z1, Z2 and Z3's...just beautiful stuff. To celebrate Parlee at Blacksmith Cycle, we are running a special winter event - Parlee custom orders are 10% off if placed in December, January or February. Come get your dream bike, and read on for more about Parlee... [caption id="attachment_1201" align="alignnone" width="584" caption="A custom Parlee Z1 is about as good as it gets - 10% off all winter long!"][/caption] BikeRadar has done a very nice piece...